Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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SAHELA: JEWEL IN THE CROWN OF THE INNER WEST FILM FEST

2024 marks the Inner West Film Festival’s second year, taking place from 11-21 April across venues such as Dendy Newtown and Palace Norton Cinemas, along with Actors Centre Australia, Leichhardt Town Hall and Marrickville Golf Club.

One of the absolute

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TENNESSINE: LOOK IT UP

A strained relationship with the truth. That’s the thread that courses its way through the terrific Aussie indie flick, TENNESSINE.

The title comes from the name of a human-made element that has never been observed to occur naturally, and only

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io capitano: my captive, my captain

Last week we heard the devastating news that the bodies of at least 65 people have been discovered in a mass grave in southwest Libya.

In a statement, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) noted that the circumstances of the

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immaculate: a misconception

 

Putting the evil into the veil.

The best that can be said of the Sydney Sweeney schlock horror starrer, IMMACULATE, is that it illustrates the misogynist patriarchy of the Catholic Church.

Priest and prelate act abominably towards a postulant,

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listen for the lie: a compulsive page turner

 

 “A podcaster has decided to ruin my life, so I’m buying a chicken”. How’s that for a zinger opening line!

Lucy Chase is going to make an apology chicken for her boyfriend, Nathan, to say sorry for not

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love lies bleeding: a movie with muscle

Is LOVE LIES BLEEDING compelling? Is LOVE LIES BLEEDING gripping?

The answer is a resounding yes.

LOVE LIES BLEEDING is a compelling, gripping neo noir thriller fed on steroids, driven out to a dive bar and given an unlimited tab.

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cabrini: what a woman!

 

 

Too bad you’re a woman, you’d have made an excellent man” says New York Mayor Gould to Italian immigrant nun, Francesca Cabrini, after she had politically outmanoeuvred him.

Such is the breathtaking misogyny and chauvinism as well as

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20 days at mariupol: oscar frontrunner now streaming

After shocking audiences at the Antenna Documentary Film Festival earlier this year, 20 DAYS AT MARIUPOL streams exclusively on DocPlay from March 7.

It’s painful to watch. It should be painful. 20 DAYS AT MARIUPOL is a conscience stricken, gut

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how to have sex: the age of consent

Consent. A mine field or just being mindful?

Molly Manning Walker’s assured and accomplished feature film debut HOW TO HAVE SEX might have easily been called How Not to Have Sex.

The film depicts a schoolies week when a group

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